On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

4.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SSE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SSE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief